Three teenagers died, and another four people were taken to hospitals after a violent collision on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn late Tuesday, authorities say.<\/p>\n
The NYPD says officers responded to a call about a crash between a Cadillac Escalade and a Honda HRV near 65th Street in Bay Ridge shortly before midnight. Both vehicles had been traveling eastbound at the time.<\/p>\n
Three teenagers in the Cadillac, a 16-year-old, a 17-year-old, and an 18-year-old, were pronounced dead at hospitals a short time later. The nature of their injuries wasn’t clear, and their names haven’t been released. <\/p>\n
Video from the scene showed the Cadillac absolutely destroyed. The entire front section appeared caved in.<\/p>\n
At this point, investigators say it appears the Cadillac driver was moving at a high rate of speed, trying to get around a slower vehicle in the center lane of the highway, and slammed on the brakes when he moved to the right lane and found himself behind another slower-moving vehicle. <\/p>\n
The Cadillac was rear-ended by a Honda, then hit a guardrail and spun around before flipping over. Three of the five Escalade occupants were thrown from the vehicle; the two who weren’t were wearing their seatbelts, law enforcement sources said. <\/p>\n
Those two, ages 16 and 18, were taken to a hospital, along with two women in their 40s who had been in the Honda. All four of them are expected to be OK. <\/p>\n
Toxicology will be requested on the Escalade driver, who was among the three dead, as is standard protocol. <\/p>\n
According to law enforcement sources, the driver had received a summons for speeding and an unsafe lane change this past January. He had his license suspended in August 2025 for failing to answer summonses for speeding and shoulder-driving, but his privilege was reinstated this past November. He has no criminal record.<\/p>\n
Investigators are looking into speed, driver experience, and seatbelt use, among other factors, as possible causes.<\/p>\n
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